It has been more than 20 years since Lee Tamahori put Maori cinema on the world stage with 1994's Once Were Warriors.

Time is of the essence in this new adventure.

We'll have all the action from the Oscars red carpet and beyond, live on nzherald.co.nz from 11am on Monday.

The New Zealand-filmed sequel to Ang Lee's Oscar winner Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon hits Netflix this Friday.

The official trailer for Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon sequel, Sword of Destiny.

In 2016, after all - unlike a decade ago - few major superheroes get the luxury of standing alone.

Teenage Leo was so nervous around girls that he turned to his Growing Pains co-star Alan Thicke for flirting advice.

Soon a galaxy far, far away will become a lot closer.

Kiwi director Lee Tamahori's first New Zealand film in 20 years has premiered in Auckland.

Emerging from a second viewing of Deadpool this week, as I aim to deconstruct just what makes this huge hit tick beneath its sex and violence and Adventure Time wrist watch, I began to remember what Steven Spielberg recently predicted.

It has been revealed US actress Dakota Johnson had a butt double for sex scenes in Fifty Shades of Grey.

The first full-length trailer for the Kiwi film Hunt for the Wilderpeople has been unveiled today.

Kate Winslet was so keen to play the most villainous role of her career in Triple 9, she told director John Hillcoat to make her look vile.

Bosses at Paramount Pictures are developing a Transformers spin-off based on autobot Bumblebee.

Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke says the movie industry is going backwards in terms of gender diversity with not one female director nominated for an Oscar this year.

The trailer for Kindergarten Cop 2 is out, and the verdict isn't good.

If there is one thing Deadpool's success proves, it's that superhero movies aren't going anywhere anytime soon.

The footage was filmed in September at the same location as scenes for Episode VII, on the island of Skellig Michael, off the coast of County Kerry, Ireland.

Benicio del Toro is among the new cast announced for Star Wars Episode VIII as it begins filming in London.

Daniel Craig has reportedly quit his role as James Bond in order to star in a new US television series.

Fans of Will Smith's Bad Boys have been given a fresh reason to celebrate after learning the long-awaited third film in the franchise has a big name director attached.

The Revenant and Mad Max: Fury Road were the big winners at the 2016 BAFTAs.

Betty White has delivered the best movie review ever for the recently released Deadpool.

The elderly actress said the film was "glorious". Deadpool stars Reynolds as the snarky anti-hero from Marvel Comics.

Oscar contenders Spotlight and The Big Short have won the top awards for screenwriting from the Writers Guild of America.